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Noun
/bəˈrämitər/,
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barometers, plural;
  1. An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used esp. in forecasting the weather and determining altitude

  2. Something that reflects changes in circumstances or opinions
    • - furniture is a barometer of changing tastes
  1. (barometer) an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
  2. (Barometer) your son/nephew/co-worker gave you one a few years ago, that hangs on the living room wall.  Having a barometer is a New Hampshire tradition, even if they only look at it twice a year, nod and say “its dropping, thats bad.”
  3. (Barometer) an ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
  4. (Barometer) Barometric pressure changes with local weather conditions making pressure an important and useful weather forecasting tool. High pressure is generally associated with fair weather...low pressure is generally associated with poor weather. Readings below 29. ...
  5. (Barometer) Measures air pressure every 2 hours to show trends.  This graphs the last several hours of information to predict weather.  A rising graph generally means good weather; barometer falling generally means bad weather
  6. (Barometer) To see a barometer in a dream, foretells a change will soon take place in your affairs, which will prove profitable to you. If it is broken, you will find displeasing incidents in your business, arising unexpectedly.
  7. (Barometer) is the economic and market data used for determining general trends; for example, the unemployment rate, interest rates, consumption rates and number of construction startups
  8. (The Barometer) Skipper displaying his uncanny ability to accurately predict the weather and forecast it through mystifying mood shifts.
  9. (barometer) (1) WEATHER TEMPERATURE, that is, (2h)[W], POs ><, FOs up, are in contact at the thumbs and maintain contact while twisting, then (2h)[1], DH, PO down, rubs up and down against ND, PO away. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - barometer. ...
  10. A Barometer is a measuring instrument for determination (display) of air pressure, and is used in a variety of different forms and types mostly in the field of meteorology
  11. barometer, pestanpêw
  12. The barometer was invented and came into use during the seventeenth century and until the introduction of the modern 'Aneroid' type it consisted of a tube of mercury standing in a cup of the same metal. ...